Category Archives: Press Release

WORCESTER, Mass. – Max Michelson, Holocaust survivor, will share his story Tues., Sept. 25 at 7 p.m. in the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom at the College of the Holy Cross.  The event, which is free and open to the public, … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – James M. Kee, associate professor of English and a member of the Holy Cross faculty since 1981, received the College’s 2007 Distinguished Teaching Award at the annual Fall Faculty Convocation and Awards Ceremony. The Holy Cross Distinguished … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Five members of the College of the Holy Cross faculty have been honored with the Arthur J. O’Leary Faculty Recognition Award. These $10,000 honoraria are given each year by the senior vice president, Frank Vellaccio, to senior … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Retired Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft, USAF, a foreign policy expert, will deliver the 42nd Hanify-Howland Memorial Lecture on Sept. 19 at 8 p.m. in the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom at the College of the Holy Cross.  The … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Robert Dudley, a member of the College of the Holy Cross Class of 2008, has been awarded The Mansfield Visiting Student Prize for Trinity Term 2007 from Mansfield College, Oxford.  The award is given to those whose … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The College of the Holy Cross announced plans today for a new program designed to better integrate the academic, co-curricular and residential experiences of first-year students.  Launching in September 2008 for all enrolling first-year students, the program … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Christopher Durang, the award-winning playwright known for his theatrical spoofs, satires and parodies, will visit the College of the Holy Cross on Friday, Sept. 28, at 6 p.m. in Fenwick Theatre on the campus.  He will discuss … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Rev. Greg Boyle, S.J., a Jesuit priest renowned for his work with at-risk youth in Los Angeles, will deliver a presentation, titled “The Jesuit Heritage of Accompaniment: The Margins” on Thurs., Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. in … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Office of the Dean at the College of the Holy Cross announces the hiring of seventeen new faculty members in tenure-track positions this academic year. They are: Andrea Borghini (assistant professor, philosophy), earned his Ph.D., M.PHIL, … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The music department at the College of the Holy Cross will present the following musical performances on campus during September and October 2007. All events are free and open to the public. For additional information, please contact … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Yuko Hayashi, internationally known concert organist, will perform Sunday, September 30th, at 3 p.m. in the Joseph Memorial Chapel at the College of the Holy Cross.  The concert is free and open to the public. As part … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery at the College of the Holy Cross presents Crossroads Holy Cross’ Visual Arts Faculty and Staff. The exhibition, starting Sept. 4 and running through Dec. 21, will be presented … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Jerry Lembcke, associate professor of sociology and anthropology and a nationally recognized expert on the Vietnam War and veterans, will contribute a section on Vietnam and Indochina Wars for the new Princeton Encyclopedia of United States Political … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Kathryn O’Brien, a member of the Holy Cross Class of 2008, was selected earlier this summer as the 2007 American Cancer Society Alvan T. and Viola Fuller Fellow.  The fellowship offers grants to gifted young undergraduates, introducing … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Ishmael Beah, author of A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), will speak at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 4 at the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom at the College of the Holy Cross.  … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Dr. Hussein M. Adam, associate professor of political science at the College of Holy Cross and a Somali national, will be honored at the 10th convention of the Somali Studies International Association (SSIA) August 16-19, at Ohio … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – The following films will be shown at Kimball Theatre at the College of the Holy Cross. All films are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. For additional information, please call the Kimball … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Elizabeth Morse, Jonathan Niconchuk, and Kelly Shaw are this year’s recipients of the Mrs. Kate C. Power Medal. This award is presented to the highest ranking student(s) in the second-year class. Morse, Niconchuk, and Shaw share top … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Mary Ebbott, associate professor of classics at the College of the Holy Cross, has received an $80,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to publish a critical volume about an unconventional section of the Iliad … Continue reading →

WORCESTER, Mass. – Three New England Catholic liberal arts colleges will partner in a pioneering assessment project funded by a grant from The Teagle Foundation of New York. Assumption College, College of the Holy Cross, and Saint Anselm College will … Continue reading →